Enough was enough. He couldn't take it anymore.
If she wouldn't listen to reason, then she could take it up with his Dragon God Martial Soul!
Without moving from his seat, he casually slapped and flicked the desk in front of him.
The heavy solid-wood desk shot toward Zhou Yi on the podium with a roar, as if it weighed nothing at all! It was astonishingly fast!
Zhou Yi hadn't expected anyone to dare attack a teacher right in the middle of class! Caught off guard, all she could do was bark a warning, summon her Soul Power, and cross her arms in front of herself.
"Bang!"
The desk slammed into her arms. She managed to deflect it with her Soul Power, and it crashed to the ground with a loud thud. She wasn't injured, but her hair was slightly mussed, leaving her looking rather disheveled.
The entire class fell silent! Every student stared, dumbfounded, at the pretty "senior" who had suddenly struck. She was really that fierce?!
Long Jinyu brushed the dust from his hands, a mocking smile on his face. Hmph! I was waiting for you to say that! "Those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocre." Well said! Then I'll cause some real trouble and let you experience for yourself just how ridiculous your damn logic is!
Zhou Yi recovered from her shock. When she realized it was that "nepotism hire" who had attacked her, fury surged through her. She pointed at Long Jinyu and shrieked, "You've got some nerve! You dare attack a teacher in front of everyone! You have no manners! I'm expelling you!"
"No, no, no~"
Long Jinyu raised an index finger and slowly wagged it at her, his face openly mocking.
"Teacher Zhou, that's not very reasonable of you. You were the one who told us just now, 'Those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocre'—they're 'good-for-nothings' and 'trash,' weren't they?"
"I'm simply following your teachings and bravely 'causing trouble.' So why are you expelling me? Aren't you contradicting yourself and slapping yourself in the face? Or is your standard only for insulting students, not for them to put into practice?"
"You!"
Zhou Yi was thoroughly choked by his words. Her breath caught in her chest, and her face flushed red.
In theory, he really wasn't wrong. She'd been hoisted by her own words! In all her years of teaching, she'd never met a student so sharp-tongued and bold enough to strike her, too!
"Good! Good! Good!"
Zhou Yi repeated the word three times, laughing in her fury.
"A child with such 'spirit'—I simply 'adore' you! But attacking a teacher comes at a price! Today, I'll teach you exactly what it means to RESPECT YOUR TEACHER!"
Soul Power burst from her, and six Soul Rings rose beneath her feet—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black! The overwhelming pressure of a Soul Emperor instantly filled the classroom! She meant to crush this arrogant "nepotism hire" with sheer strength!
The students turned pale, struggling to breathe under the pressure.
"Hahahaha—!"
But Long Jinyu laughed as if he'd heard the funniest joke in the world. After casually shielding everyone from the pressure, he clutched his stomach and roared with laughter.
"That's hilarious! Respect your teacher? You have the nerve to say that to me?"
"You want me to respect a teacher whose very first words on the first day of class were to call her students trash and good-for-nothings, and who openly egged them on to cause trouble?"
His laughter cut off abruptly. His gaze turned sharp as a blade, piercing straight through Zhou Yi.
"Do you deserve it?"
"Zhou Yi, ask yourself honestly: do you have even a shred of a teacher's virtue?"
"What is a teacher? One who imparts the Way, teaches knowledge, and answers questions! One who guides, inspires, and shows compassion!
"Not someone like you, who tramples on students' dignity with the filthiest words and crushes their confidence in the most extreme ways!"
"You don't deserve to be called a teacher. You're just a tyrant, lost in your own twisted ideas about education!"
Every word struck home like a whip across Zhou Yi's face—and spoke to the hearts of the many students who'd been too afraid to voice their anger!
"You... You've gone too far!"
Zhou Yi trembled with rage. Humiliated beyond endurance, she let fury consume her reason.
"You sharp-tongued brat! I'll teach you some manners on behalf of your elders!"
The Sixth Soul Ring lit up, and she was about to attack!
But Long Jinyu moved faster!
"Teach me manners on behalf of my elders?!"
A cold smile curled at his lips as he slowly rose to his feet.
"Don't trouble yourself. My elder is a teacher, too. A real teacher who understands that 'one must be learned to teach, and upright to be a model for others!'"
Then four Soul Rings appeared around him, drawing every eye in the room!
What kind of Soul Rings were they?
Blood red! Blood red! Blood red! Blood red!
Four rings, as if condensed from the purest blood, radiated a heart-stopping energy and an ancient, primordial aura—the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!
Long Jinyu precisely controlled the terrifying pressure. It bore down on Zhou Yi alone like an invisible mountain crashing down!
"You think a little cultivation makes you high and mighty, so you treat students like they aren't even human, calling them good-for-nothings and trash at every turn! As far as I'm concerned, you're not fit to carry her shoes. So what gives you the right to..."
"TEACH ME MANNERS ON HER BEHALF?!"
"Thump!"
Zhou Yi didn't even have time to fully register her shock before an irresistible fear and pressure seized her from the depths of her soul!
Her legs buckled, and she crumpled to the ground as if all the bones had been pulled from her body. Her face was as white as paper, her lips trembling, but not a word came out.
Her six Soul Rings looked as dim as fireflies beside the moon when faced with those four blood-red halos!
The classroom windows shivered faintly, releasing a barely audible hum, yet not a single pane cracked. Even the papers on the desks didn't stir.
Every student sensed the aura radiating from those Soul Rings and saw the legendary crimson color, but none of them felt the true pressure. They were simply stunned by the sight before them.
Only in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm bouncing excitedly, babbling incoherently:
"Yow! It's him! It's him! It's him again! Yuhao! Did you see that?! Blood red, blood red! Four of them! They're all real! Realer than pure gold!"
"His bloodline is even more terrifying than that old black dragon Di Tian's! Cling on! Cling to this golden thigh! Don't let go, even if it kills you!"
Huo Yuhao was also in a state of utter shock. He instinctively replied in his thoughts, "Brother Sky Dream... weren't you the one who told me to stay away from Senior Long?"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thumped him hard on the head.
"That was then, this is now! Your big brother got it wrong! I thought he was here to capture me! But now that I think about it, with a bloodline of his stature, why would he care about a little morsel like me?"
"Look at how righteous he is! He's standing up for you! He's definitely a good person! A really, really good person! Trust me, I know what I'm talking about!"
Huo Yuhao: "..."
Long Jinyu walked toward Zhou Yi, who was kneeling on the floor, trembling all over.
With every step he took, the pressure Zhou Yi felt doubled. Cold sweat soaked through her clothes in an instant.
But to everyone's surprise, Long Jinyu had barely taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped. The terrifying aura and Soul Rings around him vanished in an instant.
Under the crushing fear and pressure, the old-lady makeup on Zhou Yi's face had begun to peel away, revealing the features of a rather pretty woman who looked no older than twenty, now twisted with terror.
But what made the corner of his mouth twitch was something else. At some point, a small puddle of dark liquid had appeared on the floor and was slowly spreading...
A faint, unpleasant odor drifted through the room.
Long Jinyu: "..."
A hint of panic rose in his heart.
Damn! Did I go too far? She's already... scared herself? I didn't mean for this to happen!
...Her nerves are way too weak! I only wanted to teach her a lesson. I didn't mean to trigger such a physical reaction! If word got out, Zhou Yi would never be able to show her face again!
The silence in the classroom had turned deeply unnerving. Every student had seen the puddle and smelled the odor. Their expressions shifted from shock to a mixture of emotions... and a trace of disdain.
The teacher who'd just been so aggressive, calling them good-for-nothings and trash, had been so frightened that she'd wet herself on the spot?
Long Jinyu immediately pulled an elegant Communication Soul Tool from his Storage Soul Tool and dialed in a hurry.
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad... I need to get someone here to handle this, fast. This makes me look like some kind of villain...
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